Industrial Organization

Can Commodity Prices Be Negative? Revisiting the Events in the Crude Oil Market in April.

Cornhusker Economics June 17, 2020
Can Commodity Prices Be Negative? Revisiting the Events in the Crude Oil Market in April

By Fabio Mattos

Economic Impacts of Food Fraud

Cornhusker Economics April 29, 2020
Economic Impacts of Food Fraud

By Syed Imran Ali Meerza, Konstantinos Giannakas and Amalia Yiannaka

Doing Well by Doing Good in the Fight against Malnutrition and Hunger

Cornhusker Economics October 10, 2018Doing Well by Doing Good in the Fight against Malnutrition and Hunger

By Konstantinos Giannakas and Amalia Yiannaka

Capital Budgeting by Cooperatives

Cornhusker Economics February 14, 2018Capital Budgeting by Cooperatives

The Effect of the Dodd-Frank Act on Non-Metro Cooperative Lenders

Cornhusker Economics July 26, 2017The Effect of the Dodd-Frank Act on Non-Metro Cooperative Lenders



Property Rights Issues in Cooperatives

Cornhusker Economics November 16, 2016Property Rights Issues in Cooperatives


Cooperative organizations (this includes clubs and professional partnerships) play an important role in the economy, often bridging the gap that exists between the purely public and the purely private in the provision of goods. This has been particularly true in agriculture, where cooperative organizations have emerged to deal primarily with market failures such as oligopsonistic pricing.

Public Perceptions of Genetically Engineered Nutraceuticals

Cornhusker Economics November 2, 2016Public Perceptions of Genetically Engineered Nutraceuticals

Risk Perceptions and Food Safety Enhancing Technologies

Cornhusker Economics February 24, 2016Risk Perceptions and Food Safety Enhancing Technologies – Does Information Matter?